Brrr! I don’t recall being this cold in a long time! Winter is finally here, though it’s sunny still. I love how where we live, the seasons start slowly. Often it will be a full month into summer, autumn, winter or spring before the weather really sets in. What that means for today, is that…

It was time to celebrate … My sister-in-law had just completed the very last exam of many in the long years of training to become a medical doctor, now general practitioner. Typically, she was acting like it was ‘no big deal’ but we knew better, so we gathered round to help her celebrate. Lunch with the family, and then…

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy…

So, I had some leftover coconut milk, and asked friends if they had a favourite recipe they like to use it in (cakes only, of course!). One suggestion was this decadent Coconut Chocolate cake. Using coconut milk instead of milk, and with a little added coconut for texture, it’s moist and dense and flavourful. And…

As some of you may be aware, November is also Movember, a month set aside every year for Prostate Cancer awareness and fund-raising. It’s also an opportunity for fellas all around Australia to grow a moustache and use that as a talking point and a bit of a joke to get some money raised. My…

Am I the only one who gets annoyed at recipes that do not turn out? Surely, I ask myself, it is necessary to test a recipe several times to ensure its success, before putting it in print? I don’t think that’s an unreasonable assumption. And yet, a recipe from my Baker’s Bible, “Baking – a…

I love Fridays! Fridays at the present moment are my day off; the day where I get to do nothing, or exactly what I want or need to do. Being in education as I am, teaching and/or tutoring children, teens and adults, work is work can be very tiring, and this week I worked or…